I felt utterly helpless.
This mission had brought a tail back with us—Jia Jia Tian Yi.
I had no idea where that guy was now.
Ye Jinghong had said that he was someone who cared about nothing but his mission.
And his mission, according to his teacher, was to kill me.
To complete that mission, he would disregard everything and use any means necessary.
We made it out of the county town safely. Our trip there had been dangerous but ultimately uneventful, thanks to Ye Jinghong—and, of course, that teacher who had feelings for her.
If that teacher had not cared for Ye Jinghong, he would have handled things very differently. Even if my words had managed to intimidate him, that would only have kept him from truly hurting Ye Jinghong; it would not have allowed us to retreat unscathed.
A fierce battle would have been unavoidable.
Yet in the end, he had not mobilized anyone against us. They had already taken control of the county town. Leaving aside the locals under their control, we alone could not have dealt with their own hundred-odd people.
So, in a sense, the teacher had let us off. Otherwise, we would definitely have suffered losses.
When the colonel saw that we had returned completely unharmed—and had even brought two people back—his face showed admiration.
I told him, "Keep the entire county town under tight lockdown and watch everything inside closely. Wait for orders from above before leading anyone in."
"Yes!"
We got in the vehicles and left. There was no point in staying any longer.
Once we were in the car, I called Old Shu and told him that Dan Zeng and Fatty had both been rescued, so he could rest easy. I also told him everything that had happened in the county